MANILA, Philippines: A crowd started to gather at the Quiapo Church in Manila early Tuesday for the Feast of the Black Nazarene despite the rain. As of posting time, the Nazareno has left the Quirino ...

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — A massive crowd of mostly barefoot Catholic worshippers marched Tuesday in an annual procession in the Philippines’ capital that paraded a centuries-old black statue ...

The procession, called the “traslacion,” or translation, commemorates the transfer of the Black Nazarene from a church inside the old Spanish colonial capital of Intramuros, in present-day ...

Hundreds of thousands of devotees thronged the streets of Manila as they joined a procession in honour of the Black Nazarene in Asia's largest Catholic nation. Hundreds of thousands of devotees ...

Filipino Catholics jostle to touch the carriage carrying the statue of the Black Nazarene during the annual procession on its feast day in Manila Jan. 9, 2025. The wooden statue, carved in Mexico and ...

By Roy Ramos. ZAMBOANGA. A crowd of almost 2 million devotees is expected to join the feast of the Black Nazarene in Manila on Friday for the "traslacion" - the transfer or procession of a life ...

The Black Nazarene dates back to 1606, when the statue of Jesus kneeling on one knee arrived in the Philippines from Mexico. In 1620, the first confraternity dedicated to the Black Nazarene was ...

For a country that is replete with festivals all-year round, no time is wasted for the big events to commence — and the first one for Year 2024, the Feast of the Black Nazarene, takes place on ...

Catholic devotees attend the annual religious procession of the Black Nazarene in Manila on Thursday, January 9. Jam Sta Rosa/AFP/Getty Images Manila, Philippines Reuters — ...